A minority language is a language spoken by a minority of the population of a territory. Such people are termed linguistic minorities or language minorities...

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) is a European treaty (CETS 148) adopted in 1992 under the auspices of the Council of Europe...

recognised as an official minority language in the Netherlands under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, although it had been recognised...

Vorarlberg; and several minority languages. German is the national official language and constitutes a lingua franca and de facto first language: most Austrians...

In 1999, the Minority Language Committee of Sweden formally declared five official minority languages: Finnish, Sámi languages, Romani, Yiddish, and Meänkieli...

National Minorities, Law on Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities and Law on Education in Language and Script of National Minorities. Relevant...

of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, "regional or minority languages" means languages that are: traditionally used within a given...

and ethnic minorities and on the regional languages, 16 languages have been recognized as minority languages; 1 regional language, 10 languages belonging...

national minorities List of minority political parties Middleman minority Minority influence Minority language Minority (philosophy) Minority religion...

the official Romanian language, multiple other languages are spoken in Romania. Laws regarding the rights of minority languages are in place, and some...

like "minority languages" or "vernaculars" for some of them. The label "dialect" may be understood erroneously to imply that the native languages spoken...

ŋa˨˩ʈʂhaŋ˨˩ Spoken in:  China and  Myanmar Achi – achi'ТеЗя Recognised Minority Language in:  Guatemala Achumawi † – Achomawi or Ajúmmááwí Formerly spoken...

Albanian language is the dominant language in Kosovo, equal status is given to Serbian and special status is given to other minority languages. The legislative...

(Kurmanji), Zazaki, and Arabic, and a number of less common minority languages. Four minority languages are officially recognized in the Republic of Turkey by...

Slavic languages (of which Serbian is a part). Besides Serbian, which is the official language in the whole country, there are five minority languages in...

Minority language broadcasting comprises radio and television programmes for both national (including indigenous) and foreign minorities in their respective...

statuses for the German language or one of its dialects. While these may cover minority rights, support of certain language facilities (schools, media...

provision enshrining French as the language of the Republic, the government continues to recognise regional and minority languages to a limited extent (i.e. without...

alphabet. Legally recognized minority languages are Albanian, Bosnian, and Croatian. As of 2017, Albanian is an official language of the municipalities of...

The languages spoken in Hungary include Hungarian, recognized minority languages, and other languages. Minority languages are spoken in a number of autochthonous...

recognized minority or regional language that is not considered separately from Standard German in statistics. Recognized minority languages have official...

Charter's definition of a regional or minority language". Whether this implies recognition of one regional or minority language or two is a question of interpretation...

The two main official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. There are also several official minority languages: three variants of Sami, as well...

number of languages used in Ireland. Since the late 18th century, English has been the predominant first language, displacing Irish. A large minority claims...

regional and minority languages in Europe encompass four categories: The language of a community in one single country, where the language community is...

standard languages (Standard Modern Greek and Standard Turkish) are used. According to the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages of the Council...

several other languages have also begun to be studied and used. Kurmanji, spoken by the Yazidi minority, is the largest minority language of Armenia. Other...

the language of religion. Although multilingualism is not encouraged, the use of minority languages is permitted in the course of teaching minority-language...

which the size of the minority population meets the legal threshold of 20%. State of Schleswig-Holstein Recognized minority language. Region of Aosta Valley...

status of the five national minority languages — Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani, Sámi languages and Yiddish — and Swedish Sign Language. For most of its history...